Thrift Share Monday - Craft Books Score

Scandinavian Needlecraft Book 75¢

I think most of us can agree that Thrifting is never predictable.

When I leave the house in the morning it's always with that anticipation that I will find something amazing. After the story of the $14.14 Picasso painting from last week, I figured that I had as much chance as anyone to uncover a valuable signed piece of art. I even purchased 3 Mega Lotto tickets figuring my chances were good. After not picking one single number that came up though, I realized quickly that my odds were far better with thrifting than gambling.

Friday morning brought me to a very modern house in Santa Rosa. The normal crowd wasn't there and instead there were many women that I didn't recognize. I made a guess that it was the room stuffed full of American Girl dolls that brought them there. The second the door opened they all rushed to the dolls upstairs. There were elbows pushing, hands flying trying to grab them all and some confrontational words said between the lot of them. Thankfully I wasn't interested in the dolls and one brief look into that room was all I needed to stay clear. I didn't find much at this house in the end. I did buy a clown painting with a mysterious signature. If you want to take a guess of the name you can join the ATG Facebook group (which encourages you to post photos of your finds and mysterious items)

There was only one other sale that I went to and I walked away with a little pin marked faintly 18k. I still need to check it with my gold testing kit.

Saturday called for pouring rain which meant few sales. Keiran and I left early for a rummage sale in a small town called Forestville. It was held in a church and the die hard thrifters, waited under a tiny overhang together in the rain until they opened the doors. The sale was nothing like the rummage sale the week before. I struggled to find much of anything. Keiran did better than me with a new umbrella and a Jack Skellington Snuggie.

We headed back to Santa Rosa to one more estate sale. After that I was throwing in the towel and going home. It was miserable out and we were soaked and cold.

craft books

Thankfully we did stop at this sale. This was the sale that was very unexpected. They opened up two garage doors side by side in a townhouse complex and inside one garage must have been a few thousand books. The previous owner loved war, jazz and craft books. The other garage which held mostly household goods had most of the craft books as well as fabric. My eyes lit up at the sight of the craft books. Most were very modern and fabulous.

I bought three medium boxes stuffed full of books. To the point where I could just lift them and carry them to the van in the rain. I also bought another bag full of them. Soft cover books were 75¢ and hardcover were $2.00. The icing on the cake was the sets of Time Life music CD's. I bought 5 different sets and the majority of them were sealed. These are the kind that you see the informericals for. Pop Memories of the 60's is one example. A 10 disc set sold for $89.

Mitten's Professional Movie Titlers

This was my other find from the sale, a vintage Letter set for making titles for home movies.

Letters

The letters are made of something similar to chalk. They are quite heavy even though they are small. They measure about half an inch to 3/4 inch.

letters

Irving Amen

My last find of the weekend arrived on Sunday. Because we are saving money to buy a house, we wanted to celebrate our wedding anniversary frugally. Saturday we went to a matinee film to see Hugo. (one of my favorite films ever) I bartered the babysitting and we drank water with our popcorn. Sunday the family went to to the Farmer's Market and we had our meal there. We went out for yogurt afterwards and used our stamp cards to get 2 free yogurts which we all split. We were driving to go home when I spotted a Yard Sale sign. My loving and now trained husband started following the arrows with little encouragement from me.

It was there that I bought 2 signed pieces of art by Irving Amen. So they weren't Picasso and they weren't worth nearly as much but I loved them. Dave actually brought the one above over to me which impressed me. I didn't know who it was at the time but I could tell that it was quality and I adore woodcut art. Some of his pieces sell between $50 and $180 on eBay. I told Dave when we got back in the car that this was the best anniversary gift ever. We couldn't have planned to accidentally run into a yard sale on a Sunday afternoon and find signed art. We did though and it completely made my day.

Thank you so much for all the anniversary and 800th post wishes. I loved reading every one of them.

Did you go thrifting this weekend?

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Comments

[Julia@a-living-space]

That Irving Amen art is gorgeous! Thrifting is so unpredictable.. sometimes it's an amazing thing, and sometimes it can feel like the thrifting gods are against you, but usually it works out in the end, as your late finds prove!
Also, not sure why my link showed up twice... I swear I only entered it once, so hopefully it will fix itself?

[Joy M]

Found out that if one clicks on Crop twice linky tools things it is two linkies. Whoops. Sorry (I see that happened with Julia's link too. What a lovely and very meaningful anniversary day. Thanks for sharing. And thank you again for hosting. It is very much appreciated.

[Megan]

I love that on your anniversary, you got a thrifted gift. The surprises are the best :) Kinda like your relationship -- beautiful symmetry there.

[Wendy@ Salt and Wine]

As usual, you found amazing things! The Irving Amen work is awesome!!!

[Lakota [Faith Hope and Charity Shopping]]

Great finds, I love craft books and that artwork is great.

[angelika]

that irving amen piece is exquisite! happy anniversary by the way :-) i also love the scandinavian art book - what is it about scandinavian art that is so irrisitable? it seems to me to be the perfect mix of modern elegant and folk artsy. great finds. i hit a couple of shops this weekend and found some books to put in a fun wedding shower gift ('the slacker wife' was one title) also found a chelsey jersey for my soccer loving son - his favourite english team. my blog this week is about the demise of the book and the independent book store. would love your thoughts on that.

[Sue]

You always do such a wonderful job of capturing how most of us in the thrifting community feel. I am very happy if I find something that is worth big money, but I search because I treasure so many items that I find. I would rather use something vintage every day because of the quality and the history that comes with it, rather than a cheap piece from a big box store.
This weekend I found Bitossi Pimini Blu pitcher designed by Aldo Londi and a drawing by deGarthe in either charcoal or Conte crayon. I believe the sketch is not a reproduction, but an original sketch. I also found 2 wooden soda crates, one with wood dividers and 4 deer horns; 2 with hair still attached, ick.
I really need to start uploading pictures, don't I?

[Sherry@Back2Vintage]

What an exciting weekend of thrifting you had!!! Great finds, too!!!

[Joann@womaninreallife]

I love the artwork! Great find.

[Heidi German]

I have that exact same movie titling set! I think it would be fun to use the letters on a corkboard.

[Rob Hunt]

Thanks for hosting. I check your blog every day. My post today was about helping my Dad update a room in his condo. I use it when I am on the Coast but we are thinking toward the future so my thrifting was good prices on oops paint, doing the work myself and making my Dad happy.
Rob

[Sir Thrift-A-Lot]

Always look forward to Thrift Share Monday. Just got finished most of the posts I don't recognize the pics from.

#46... is just a room renovation.. They did a nice job, but it doesn't contain any thrifted items found over the weekend, it's just a room renovation. Maybe they thrifted that rooster hook years ago... Come here to see thrift finds, if I wanted to see room renovations I'd watch Mike Holmes.

[Cap Creations]

Thanks much for hosting. Craft books are FUN!! I recently picked up Betz White's Warm Fuzzies. You and your readers are always welcome at my thrifty love link up every friday.

[deb]

It's my first ever visit here, I promise I'll link back next time :)

[Leah - moxiethrift on etsy]

love those happy accidents like finding a garage sale when least expected. it's a juicy nugget in life!

[Laura]

Can't believe this find on books!! I would have been ecstatic!! Love the records and letter board, too. Thanks for hosting this party:)

[Ella]

Thank you for posting this. It’s exactly what I was looking for!

[gorra yankees]

Este blog es increíble y la información proporcionada por el artículo de este blog es muy agradable y servicial y me volvería a visitar el blog de ​​nuevo.

[abercrombie españa]

Tengo ese conjunto exacto de la misma película de titulación! Creo que sería divertido de usar las cartas de un amor corkboard.I la obra de arte! Un gran descubrimiento.